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Welcome to the Punpedia entry on bird puns! 🐦 Happily, there are quite a few bird puns in the list below, mostly thanks to the many different species and families of birds whose names lend themselves well to wordplay. Hope you find this entry useful!

Note: Pigeon puns, seagull puns and parrot puns will get their own entry at some point, but there are a few of them in this list for completeness.

Bird Puns List

Each item in this list describes a pun, or a set of puns which can be made by applying a rule. If you know of any puns about birds that we’re missing, please let us know in the comments at the end of this page! Without further ado, here’s the list of bird puns:

Bird: There are quite a few phrases/idiom related to birds which can be used as puns in the right context: “A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush” and “A bird-brain” and “Bird’s eye view” and “A little bird told me …” and “An early bird” and “Early bird gets the worm” and “Like a bird in a gilded cage” and “The birds and the bees” and “Birds of a feather flock together” and “Flip someone the bird” and “Free as a bird” and “The bird has flown” and “Sing like a bird” and “Jailbird“.

Woman → Bird: Depending on where you’re from, the term “bird” may be slang for “woman”.

Fly: There are a few phrases related to flying which can be used as bird puns in the right context: “Fly by the seat of your pants” and “Fly in the face of the evidence” and “Fly off the shelves” and “A fly on the wall” and “Fly by night” and “On the fly” and “Pigs might fly” and “Let fly” and “Watch the sparks fly” and “Fly in the ointment” and “Fly into a rage” and “Fly off the handle” and “Fly the coop” and “I’ve gotta fly” and “Fly the white flag” and “Wouldn’t hurt a fly“

Feather: There are a few phrases related to feathers: “As light as a feather” and “In full feather” and “Feather in your cap (symbol of honour/achievement)” and “Feather one’s nest” and “Ruffle (a few/someone’s) feathers” and “You could have knocked me down with a feather“

Father → Feather: As in “The founding feathers” and “Like feather, like son”

Further → Feather: As in “Without feather ado” and “Look no feather” and “Kick the can feather down the road”

Beak: “To wet one’s beak” and “beak” may be slang for nose in some places.

Nest: “Leave the nest” and “Empty nest syndrome” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’sNest” and “Love nest” and “Stir up a hornet’s nest” and “A nest of vipers” and “A mare’s nest” and “Nest together”

Next → Nest: As in “Nest minute …” and “Better luck nest time” and “Boy/girl nest door” and “Nest generation” and “Nest in line to the throne” and “Nest to nothing” and “Take it to the nest level” and “Nest to nothing” and “The nest big thing.” and “Cleanliness is next to godliness” and “In nest to no time” and “Nest to nothing” and “One day chicken and the nest day feathers” and “Catch the nest wave” and “As ___ as the nest girl/guy”

Copy → Parrot: “Parroting (someone’s) words”

Pirate → Parrot: As in “People who parroted the film via bit-torrent were being sent fines.”

Foul → Fowl: As in “By fair means or fowl” and “Cry fowl” and “Fowl language” and “Fowl up” and “No harm, no fowl” and “A fowl-mouthed person” and “Fowl play”

Fell → Fowl: As in “In one fowl swoop” and “Little strokes fowl great oaks” and “The bottom fowl out of the market” and “She fowl asleep at the wheel” and “He fowl under her spell” and “It fowl into my lap” and “She fowl victim to the scammer”

Owl: “A night owl” and “As wise as an owl“

I will → Owl: As in “Owl not give up.” and “Owl if you will” and “Owl wear my heart upon my sleeve”

All → Owl: As in “Free-for-owl” and “A jack of owl trades” and “A man for owl seasons” and “A rising tide lifts owl boats” and “After owl is said and done” and “A know-it-owl” and “Above owl” and “Against owl odds” and “Owl your eggs in one basket” and “Owl at once” and “I’m owl ears” and “Owl else being equal, …” and “Owl by my lonesome” and “Owl hands on deck” and “Owl hell breaks loose” and “Owl gone” and “Owl good things must come to an end” and “Owl in owl” and “Owl in a day’s work” and “It’s owl in your head” and “Owl manner of …” and “Owl of a sudden” and “Owl or nothing” and “Owl over the place” and “Owl right.” and “Owl rights reserved” and “Owl smiles” and “Owl systems are go” and “Owl that” and “Owl talk and no action” and “Owl the best” and “Owl the rage” and “Owl the same” and “Owl things considered” and “Owl things must pass” and “Owl very well” and “Owl walks of life” and “Owl-out war” and “At owl costs” and “By owl means” and “For owl I know” and “For owl practical purposes” and “Give it owl you’ve got!” and “Go owl-out” and “In owl honesty” and “In owl likelihood” and “Firing on owl cylinders” and “If owl else fails” and “In owl seriousness” and “That is owl.” and “Owls well that ends well” and “That’s owl for now.”

Who’d → Hoot: As in “Hoot have thought it would be so easy?”

*owl*: There are a few words that contain the “owl” sound which can be used as silly owl puns: b-owls (bowels), growl, t-owl (towel), scowling, scowl, fowl, howled, v-owl (vowel), prowling, cowl.

Budgie: “Budgie smugglers”

Geese: “Cackling geese (those who warn of something that’s about to happen)” and “All one’s geese are swans”

Goose: “Oh I’m such a silly goose!” and “A wild goose never laid a tame egg” and “Goose bumps/pimples” and “Cook someone’s goose” and “Can’t say boo to a goose” and “Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs” and “A wild-goose chase” and “Goose up (improve performance)”

Fastened → Pheasant: As in “My seat-belt is pheasant, and I’m ready to go.”

Swan: “As graceful as a swan” and “Swan song (Final accomplishment)” and “I swan! (What a surprise!)”

Robin: “Robin Hood” and “A round robin” and “Batman and Robin“

Robbing → Robbin’: As in “They were robbin’ a bank.”

Duck: As in “Duck and weave” and “A sitting duck” and “Water off a duck’s back” and “Duck and cover” and “Duck out” and “Ducking and diving” and “Get one’s ducks in a row” and “Golden duck” and “If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and (etc.) like a duck, it probably is a duck” and “Take to like a duck to water” and “Lame duck” and “Ducked the question”

Cower → Quail: As in “He quailed and trembled but tried to remain still.”

Chicken: “A chicken and egg situation” and “Chicken out of something” and “Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched” and “Chicken sh*t” and “Get up with the chickens” and “You’re chicken (scared)” and “Curses, like chickens, come home to roost” and “Chicken feed (small amount of money/something)”

Dodo: “Go the way of the dodo” and “As dead as a dodo“

Hawk: “Watch (someone) like a hawk” and “Have eyes like a hawk” and “I know a hawk from a handsaw” and “Hawks and doves” and “Between hawk and buzzard”

Cuckoo: “Be in cloud-cuckoo land” and “Cuckoo in the nest” and “A crazy, cuckoo (coo-coo) person.”

Her own → Heron: As in “She’s moved into heron place now.”

More → Moa: As in “All the moa reason” and “Moa trouble than it’s worth” and “Bite off moa than one can chew” and “Do moa harm than good” and “Get moa than one bargained for” and “Have had moa than your fair share” and “Have moa luck than sense” and “I couldn’t agree moa” and “Moa and moa” and “Moa bang for you buck” and “That’s moa like it” and “Moa or less” and “Moa often than not” and “Moa power to you!” and “Moa than I bargained for” and “The moa the merrier” and “Need I say moa?” and “What’s more, …” and “You are moa than welcome” and “What moa can I do?” and “Less is moa“

Swift: Swift means fast/agile, but is also the name of a type of small bird.

Flight: “Flight of fancy” and “Take flight” and “Flight of imagination” and “In full flight” and “Flight attendant”

Twitter/Tweet: This can obviously refer to the social network, or to the sound of birds chirping. To “twitter” can also refer to talking rapidly and at length on trivial topics.

Swallow: A swallow is a type of bird (and obviously a thing you do when you’re eating/drinking).

Two can → Toucan: As in “Toucan play at that game…”

Stalk → Stork: As in “To stork one’s prey” and “That guy is a storker“

When → Wren: As in “Wren push comes to shove” and “I’ll believe it wren I see it” and “Say wren…” and “Since wren?” and “Time flies wren you’re having fun” and “Wren is Rome, do as Romans do” and “Wren it comes to …” and “Wren all’s said and done” and “Wren it comes down to it” and “Wren least expected” and “Wren you back is turned” and “Wren hell freezes over” and “Wren the going gets tough, the tough get going”

Young woman → Chick

Egg: There are a few phrases/idioms that contain the word “egg”: “A bad egg” and “Egg on” and “A hard egg to track” and “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” and “Egg on one’s face” and “A good egg” and “A rotten egg” and “Egg and spoon race”

Show-off → Peacock

Thrush: This can refer to a type of infection of the mouth and throat, or of the genitals, but also refers to a family of birds that exist all over the world.

Turn → Tern: (Terns are a family of seabirds found all over the world) As in “Tern the other cheek” and “Wren your back is terned” and “A tern of phrase” and “A tern of the screw” and “I spoke out of tern” and “Take a tern for the worse/better” and “Take terns” and “Toss and tern” and “Tern a blind eye” and “Tern a profit” and “Tern against” and “Tern around” and “Tern in one’s grave” and “Tern of events” and “Tern of the century” and “Tern of the century” and “The tides have terned” and “Tern up one’s nose” and “Whatever terns you on”

Pigeon: There are a few phrases which contain “pigeon” and thus may be used as pigeon puns: “Clay pigeon (person who is easily exploited)” and “Set the cat among the pigeons” and “Stool pigeon (decoy/informer/police spy)” and “Pigeon-eyes (drunk)”

Lark: “Happy as a lark” and “On a lark (whim)” This term is also used as a synonym for “a prank” and also playfulness, especially of a mischievous variety.

Lock → Lark: As in “Grid lark” and “Lark and load” and “Lark horns with” and “Under lark and key” and “Lark them up and throw away they key” and “Lark down”

Bitten → Bittern: As in “Once bittern, twice shy” and “Bittern by the same bug”

Black swan: This is a phrase used to refer to an event that comes as a surprise and has a major effect.

Coot: This can refer to a foolish or eccentric person, especially an old man. It also refers to a type of aquatic bird.

Grasp → Clutch: The term “clutch” has a few meanings outside of the “grip/grasp” one. The bird-related meaning of “clutch” refers to a group of eggs, often layed at the same time and incubated by one adult.

Grab → Grebe: A “grebe” is a type of freshwater diving bird. It it pronounced “greeb” which is probably close enough to make a silly word play on “grab”.

Formation: Flocking birds (especially those who travel large distances) often fly in formations to reduce air resistance and conserve energy. In the right context you might be able to simply use the word “formation” in a non-bird-related way to make a very subtle bird pun.

Aerial: As an adjective this means “existing, operating or happening in the air”. As an noun it is a synonym for antenna. It may be able to be used as a subtle bird pun in the right context.

Roost: “Come home to roost” and “Rule the roost“

Snipe: This refers to a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows. It obviously has several other meanings: to shoot at from a long range, to make a sly and petty verbal attack.

Rook: This term refers to a social Eurasian crow but can also refer to taking money from someone by cheating or overcharging them.

Strike / hit → Shrike: A “shrike” is a type of carnivorous bird. Idioms: “Shrike a cord” and “Go on shrike” and “Shrike a balance” and “Shrike a pose” and “Lightening never shrikes the same spot twice” and “Shrike up a conversation” and “Three shrikes and you’re out” and “Shrike out” and “Shrike gold”

Bird-Related Words

There are many more bird puns to be made! Here’s a list of bird-related concepts to help you come up with your own. If you come up with a new pun, please share it in the comments!

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Welcome to the Punpedia entry on watermelon puns! 🍉 This is a relatively small entry because it’s such a specific topic. Quite a few of these puns are based around the word “melon”, so they’re applicable to other types of melon too (cantaloupe, honeydew melons, etc.), but there are a some puns here that are specific to watermelons. Hope you find this useful! 🙂

Watermelon Puns List

Each item in this list describes a pun, or a set of puns which can be made by applying a rule. If you know of any puns about watermelons that we’re missing, please let us know in the comments at the end of this page!

Water my lawn → Watermelon: As in “In summer I schedule my sprinklers to watermelon more often or else it dies.”

Million → Melon: As in “You are one in a melon.” and “Thanks a melon!” and “Not in a melon years!” and “A cool melon” and “I feel like a melon bucks.” and “You look like a melon bucks!” and “A melon miles away.”

Melancholy → Meloncholy: As in “An air of meloncholy surrounded him.”

Mullin’ (Mulling) → Melon: As in “I’ve been melon over the possibilities for some time now.”

Malign → Melon: As in “He was harshly meloned in the local newspapers.”

Melanie → Melony: As in “Melony Griffith’s acting was brilliant in that film.”

Male on → Melon: As in “We have footage of a Caucasian melon the roof of the complex.”

Mail on → Melon: As in “I tend to receive more melon mondays.”

Mile on → Melon: As in “It’ll travel at least a melon one charge of the battery.”

Smellin’ (Smelling) → Smelon: As in “This house is smelon nice thanks to those incense.”

Smell on → Smelon: As in “You’ve got a strange smelon you today.”

Animal on → Ani-melon: As in “There’s always a cute ani-melon the front page of Reddit.”

Abnormal on → Abnor-melon: As in “She acts abnor-melon purpose so people don’t disturb her.”

Abysmal on → Abys-melon: As in “The proposal sounded abys-melon paper, but after the presentation, I’m really liking the idea.”

Camel on → Ca-melon: As in “I think it was a bad idea to take a ca-melon this trip.”

Decimal on → Decimelon: As in “The deci-melon the top of the fraction can be cancelled.”

Female on → Femelon: As in “There’s also a fe-melon duty that you can talk to if you’d feel more comfortable?”

Normal on → Nor-melon: As in “He seemed nor-melon our first date, but turned out to be a bit of a creep.”

Optimal on → Opti-melon: As in “I seem to feel opti-melon about 8 hours of sleep.”

Smile on → Smelon: As in “She have a big happy smelon her face.”

Small on → Smelon: As in “It looked smelon initial inspection, but it turned out to be quite big.”

Treadmill on → Treadmelon: As in “You’ll need to turn the treadmelon at the powerpoint before you can run on it.”

Windmill on → Windmelon: As in “There was a windmelon the property that provided the old farmstead with water.”

Felon → Melon: As in “He was charged with high treason, but later the conviction was changed to a melony.”

What are → Water: As in “Water you doing out so late tonight?” and “Water you doing tomorrow?” and “Water you going to do about it?”

What are we → Watery: As in “Watery going to do?” and “Watery doing today, friends?”

What about → Water ’bout: As in “Water ’bout we have tofu curry for dinner tonight?” and “Water ’bout Ching? Does she want to come to the beach too?”

What do → Water: As in “Water you think about this?”

What her → Water: As in “I know water problem is.” and “Do you know water mother thinks about this?”.

What the → Water: As in “Water hell is going on here?”

Whatever → Waterever: As in “Waterever, I don’t care.” and “Do waterever you want”.

Around (’round) → Rind: As in “Be there in 5. I’m just rind the corner.” and “We worked rind the clock to finish the project.” and “Let’s no beat rind the bush.” and “Stop messing rind.”

Rained → Rind: As in “It hasn’t rind in weeks – not even a cloud in the sky.”

Grind: As in “Relief from the daily grind.”

Red: Sometimes the simple use of the word “red” may constitute a watermelon pun. This heavily depends on your specific context and the desired quality/terribleness of your puns. Examples: “Caught red-handed” and “Roll out the red carpet” and “Ignore it – it’s a red herring”

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Note that this entry is mainly focused on apple, the fruit, rather than Apple, the company. So while you wont find any Steve Jobs puns here, the puns in this entry that are specifically on the word “apple” itself could also be used in the context of Apple, the computer company.

Apple Puns List

Each item in this list describes a pun, or a set of puns which can be made by applying a rule. If you know of any puns about apples that we’re missing, please let us know in the comments at the end of this page!

Apple: As in “You’re comparing apples to oranges though.” and “You’re the apple of my eye.” and “He’s a bad apple.” and “She’s a rotten apple, that one.” and “The apple never falls far from the tree.” and “Apple of discord” and “As American as an apple pie.” and “How bout them apples?” or “How do you like them apples!” and “One bad apple spoils the barrel.” and “She’s one smart apple.” and “The Big Apple.” and “To polish the apple” and “You’ve really upset the apple cart now” and “Adam’s apple” and “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Apply → Apple-eye / Apple-y: As in “Are you going to apple-eye for the job?” and “I’ve apple-eyed for several jobs.” and “Apple-y within” and “You need to apple-eye yourself if you want to get anywhere in life.” and “You need to apple-y for your driver’s license.”

Applic* → Apple-ic*: As in “The appleication form is easy to complete.” and “All apple-icants will be considered.” and “I don’t think that’s apple-icable in this situation.” and “You’ll need to make an apple-ication to the committee” and “Appleication of cool water should do the trick.”

Feel → Peel: As in “You can peel it in your bones.” and “I like the look and peel of the product.” and “I’m trying to get the peel for it.” and “These banana puns are making me peel unwell.” and “I peel a bit put out.” and “I’m peeling my age.” and “Peel the burn”

Peel: This word is sometimes used in ways which don’t refer to removing an outer covering: “The aeroplane peeled off from the rest of the formation and did a trick.” In general “peel off/out” means to move away quickly (especially with screeching tires, if it refers to a car).

Appeal → Appeel / A peel: “He’s so appeeling!” and “The court allowed one final a peel.” and “You need to a peel to their sense of honour.” and “I’m trying to appeel to your better judgement” and “They have 48 hours to appeel the decision.”

Appeal → Apple: As in “The prospect is apple-ing.” and “Apple to their blind patriotism.”

Pillar → Peeler: As in “You are a peeler of strength in our community.”

Skin: As in “Lucky I’ve got thick skin.” and “He’s all skin and bones.” and “Beauty is only skin-deep” and “By the skin of my teeth” and “I feel comfortable in my own skin.” and “She’s got skin in the game.” and “It’s no skin off my nose.” and “I almost jumped out of my skin!” and “It makes my skin crawl.”

Skim → Skin: As in “I was just skin-reading the comments here.”

Core: As in “That kid is rotten to the core.” and “That band is hardcore.” and “I prefer soft-core stuff.” and “What is the Earth’s inner core made of?” and “This exercise strengthens your core.” and “Our company is guided by 3 core principles.” and “The school should have the interests of its children at its core.” and “The core members always attend the meetings.” and “Core inflation is up 1.7 percent since last year” and “I’m mostly into emocore and mathcore music.” and “Core blimey!”

Caught → Cored: As in “Cored in the act” and “I was cored in the middle” and “I cored a cold from him” and “Like a deer cored in the headlights” and “Something cored my eye as we were crossing the street.” and “Cored between the devil and the deep blue sea” and “Cored unawares” and “Caught with my pants down” and “Cored in crossfire” and “You cored me off my guard.”

Chord → Cored: As in “It struck a cored with me.”

Court→ Cored: As in “I’ll see you in cored.” and “Order in the cored!” and “The ball is in your cored now.”

Course→ Cores: As in “I’m doing a university cores in computational neuroscience.”

*cor* → *-core-*: If a word contains the “cor” sound (or similar) then we can make a terrible apple core pun: “A core-tionary tale.” and “That’s be-cores I’m cool.” and “Accoredingly, we will move the meeting to Thursday.” and “Proceed with core-tion” and “She died from unknown coreses” and “He coresed an uproar with his latest staff cuts.” and “I love the core-us of that song.” and “We core-dially invite you to join us in celebrating …” and “My new core-dless drill is so handy.” and “The police will core-don off the area soon.” and “A core-porate job” and “These core-perations are the heart of our economy.” and “We go to our live core-espondent in the field.” and “It core-esponds to a shrinking middle class.” and “The core-pses of the poor animals were buried in the field.” and “We were es-core-ted to the main chamber.” and “There has been some discored amongst our members.” and “We’ve sent it over to our head-core-ters.” and “The temperature reached a re-cored high today.” and “The score was 22 to 7 after the first quarter.”

Name / Title → Apple-ation: The word “appellation” means “name” or “title”.

Aptly → Applely: As in “Religion has been applely called ‘the opium of the people.'”

App will → App’ll / Apple: As in “This app’ll help you track your time and make you more productive – you should download it.”

*ap will → *ap’ll / *apple: As in “This chap’ll help you find your way home.” and “A loud enough clap’ll wake me up.” and “This strapple help secure the load during the trip.” and “Any more of this crapple make us go mad!” and “Another mishap’ll doom this company.” and “This trapple be sure to catch one.” and “A single tap’ll make the bell ring loudly.” and “The gap’ll be hard to jump but we have no choice.” and “Each lap’ll use up a litre of fuel.” and “This map’ll help guide us to the treasure.” and “The handicap’ll make up for it.” and “Each flap’ll lift us higher and higher.” and “That rap’ll make it to the charts in no time.” and “A nap’ll refresh you and give you more energy.” and “A light slapple wake me up.”

A pl* → Apple-*: As in “There’s apple-ace I know not far from here.” and “That’s apple-us (a plus)” and “It’s apple-easure that I feel somewhat guilty about.” and “We’re going to see apple-ay at the theatre tonight.” and “It was nothing special. Just apple-ain old brick house.” and “She was apple-ainly spoken, intelligent person.” and “After eating we went for apple-easant stroll through the park.” and “We had apple-an, but we weren’t sure how to carry it out.” and “It was apple-easing sight.” and “It was apple-ant our botanist had never seen before.” and “Can you get apple-ate for our new guest?” and “Apple-anned extension to the highway will be finished by summer.” and “It was apple-easing evening.” and “Apple-easantly designed garden.” and “Apple-ayer from the other team was injured.” and “Apple-anet in a nearby solar system” and “We saw apple-ume of smoke on the horizon.” and “Do you have apple-astic cup for little Olivia?” – You can create many more puns like this by using this list of words starting with “pl”.

Eye → Pie: As in “Beauty is in the pie of the beholder.” and “A bird’s pie view’ and “We’re in the pie of the storm” and “Piespie with my little pie” and “In the blink of a pie” and “Keep a pie out for …” and “We see pie to pie.” and “I’ve got a pie on you.” and “Something caught my pie” and “Pie-popping”

I → Pie: As in “Pie think you’re right.” and “Pie’m not so sure about that.”

Granny: Since Granny Smith apples are so widely known, you might be able to make an apple pun by simply using the word “granny” in your writing/speech.

Or should I → Orchard I: As in “I should stop making apple puns now… orchard I?”

Saw → Seed: As in “It took me a while, but I eventually seed her point of view.”

Seed: As in “It planted a seed of hope in their minds.” and “We got more seed capital from investors.”

Pink lady: This refers to a particular variety of apple. If you can somehow work the words “pink” and “lady” into your prose/speech in close proximity then you’ve got a sneaky apple pun: “I prefer pink, but that lady thinks yellow would suit it better.”

Downside is → Down ciders: As in “One down ciders that we’ll need to redo a lot of work.”

Alongside her → Along cider: As in “Her dog was running happily along cider.”

Beside her → Be cider: As in “Her dog stood happily be cider.”

Inside her → In cider: As in “She always keeps an apple in cider backpack.”

Insider → In cider: As in “We got some in cider information from an anonymous executive.”

Fruitful: As in “This has been a very productive and fruitful discussion.”

Just → Juiced: As in “I’m juiced around the corner.” and “Juiced in time.” and “Juiced the ticket.” and “Juiced this once.”

Fruity: Other than referring to actual fruit, this term also has several slang definitions including being flamboyant or “bouncy”. It may also refer to someone who is considered crazy in some respect.

Sweet: As in “You’re so sweet!” and “Oh that’s soo sweet!” and “Revenge is sweet” and “Short and sweet” and “Lay some sweet lines on someone” and “Sweet dreams” and “Sweet Jesus!” and “You bet your sweet life!” and “That was a sweet trick, dude.” and “Sweet as, bro.” and “Whisper sweet nothings” and “Home sweet home” and “Rose by any other name would smell as sweet” and “Sweet smell/taste of success/victory” and “Sweetheart“

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Apple-Related Words

There are many more puns to be made than could be documented in this Punpedia entry, and so we’ve compiled a list of apple-related concepts for you to use when creating your own puns. If you come up with a new pun, please share it in the comments!

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Welcome to the Punpedia entry on fruit puns! 🍇🍈🍉🍒🍋🍌🍍🍎 Whether you’re devising the perfect birthday wish, crafting a photo caption, formulating some fruity pickup lines, or want to send a cute message to your partner, I hope this entry serves you well. There’s everything from berry puns, to melon puns, to puns about fruit-related concepts (pit, zest, etc.), and even some super cheesy fruit jokes to top it off.

Below the “fruit puns list” section, there’s a big list of fruit-related phrases/idioms that you can use for puns as well. If you’re looking for puns about fruit that are in image-form, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Fruit Puns List

Each item in this list describes a pun, or a set of puns which can be made by applying a rule. If you know of any puns about fruit that we’re missing, please let us know in the comments at the end of this page!

Pulp: As in “He got beaten to a pulp.”

Fruitful: As in “This has been a very productive and fruitful discussion.”

Seed: As in “But it planted a seed of hope.” and “We got more seed capital from investors.”

Pit: As in “I sank down into a pit of despair.” and “I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.” (“Pit” is another term for seed or “pip”)

Juice: As in “I’ve ran out of juice (energy)” and “Turn on the juice and let’s see if it runs (electricity)”

Just → Juiced: As in “I’m juiced around the corner.” and “Juiced in time.” and “Juiced the ticket.” and “Juiced this once.”

Current→ Currant: As in “Swimming against the currant.”

Apple: A simple fruit pun could be made if you can work Apple, the company, into what you are saying somehow.

Piece → Peach: As in “Just make sure you get home in one peach.” and “We were made for peach other.”

Each → Peach: As in “Peach to her/his own.” and “Yeah, he’s a nasty peach of work.”

Honey, do → Honey, dew: As in “Honey, dew or dew not, there is no try.” or “Honey, dew you know where my keys are?”

Fruity: Other than referring to actual fruit, this term also has several slang definitions including being flamboyant or “bouncy”. It may also refer to someone who is considered crazy in some respect.

Fruit cake: This term is often used as a synonym for someone who is “one sandwich short of a picnic”, that is, someone who is crazy. Please note that it is also a slang derogatory synonym for “homosexual” in some countries/regions, so be careful using this!

Speechless → S-peach-less: As in “You’ve left me s-peach-less“

Reason → Raisin: As in “You’re being unraisinable.” and “Let’s use logic and raisin.”

Raising → Raisin: As in “We’re raisin the roof!” and “Raisin two kids as a single mother is hard.” and “They just keep raisin taxes!”

Elder → Elderberry: As in “I was told to respect my elderberries.”

Date: A “date” is a type of dried fruit, but it obvious has some more commone meanings to: “This is my first blind date.” and “Save the date!”

Prune: Other than referring to a dried plum, a “prune” can refer to an unpleasant or disagreeable person.

Knack → Snack: As in “Here, let me try, there’s a bit of a snack to it.”

Plumb → Plum: The term “plumb” has several meanings including “exactly”, “vertical” and “to install plumbing pipes and fittings”. A common idiom “plumb the depths” could also be used in your fruity puns: “Plum the depths of the criminal mind.”

Figure: As in “I think I’ve figured it out.” and “Go figure.” (Also works for figurative, figment, figurine, figures and figurehead)

Line → Lime: As in “But where do you draw the lime?” and “Drop me a lime.”

I’m → Lime: As in “Can you hold this until lime ready?” and “Lime falling in love.” (Works best if the word before “lime” ends in an “L”)

Very → Berry: As in “These are berry bad fruit puns.”

Very → Cherry: As in “It happened right before my cherry eyes.” and “I love you cherry much :)”

Have a → Guava: As in “He doesn’t guava clue!” and “I guava bone to pick with you.” and “I guava soft spot for fruit puns.”

During → Durian: As in “Many lost their jobs durian the course of the recession.” (Very cheesy! By the way, durians are a type of tropical fruit)

Antelope → Cantaloupe: As in “My favourite animals are deer and cantaloupe.”

Can’t elope → Cantaloupe: As in “I’d run away and marry you, but I cantaloupe – my parents would never forgive me.” (“Cantaloupe” is another name for rock-melon. “Elope” means to run away to get married, usually without parental consent.)

Papa → Papaya: As in “She asked her parents, but her papaya won’t let her go to the party.”

Granted → Pomegranate: As in “Don’t take me for pomegranate.” (Terrible! :P)

Person → Persimmon: As in “I’ve never met her in persimmon.” and “We’re still tracking down persimmons of interest.” (a very corny one :D)

Peer → Pear: As in “Don’t give in to pear pressure.” and “Bit-torrent is a a pear-to-pear network.”

There → Pear: As in “I’ll be pear in spirit.” and Don’t just sit pear!” and “Hang in pear, pal.” and “Let pear be light!” and “Neither here, nor pear.” and “Pear’s no excuse.” and “Pear’s no smoke without fire.” and “Pear’s plenty more fish in the sea.” and “Pear’s something amiss…”

Jam: As in “This is my jam!” and “We just finished our jam session.” and “The venue was jam-packed.”

Arrange → Orange: As in “I’ve oranged an interview for tomorrow evening.”

Bananas: As in “I am bananas for you.” and “He’s going bananas!”

Aren’t you → Orange you: As in “Orange you glad to see me?”

Bury → Berry: As in “Don’t berry your feelings.” and “We berried it under that tree.”

Zest: As in “She has such a zest for life!” (“Zest” is the outer coloured part of citrus fruit peel that is used for flavouring)

Best → Zest: A corny one! Examples: “Zest friends forever.” and “Laughter is the zest medicine.”

Beside her → Be cider: “I sad down be cider and we talked for hours.”

Million → Melon: As in “You’re one in a melon!” and “Not in a melon years!”

Killing → Kiwing: As in “Oh god these jokes are kiwing me!”

Great → Grape: As in “No challenge is too grape.” and “I’ve gone to grape length to compile these puns.”

Grateful → Grapeful: As in “I’m very grapeful for your assistance.”

Tango → Mango: As in “Well, it takes two to mango.”

Melancholy → Meloncholy: As in “An air of meloncholy surrounded him.”

Peachy: This term can mean “fine or excellent” and so it’s a simple and easy peach pun: “Oh, that’s just peachy!”

Sublime: A sneaky and easy lime pun: “The view from the summit was sublime!”

Core: As in “I am strengthening my core” (A reference, of course, to apple cores and to the “core” in human anatomy)

Score: “Let’s settle this score once and for all.” and “Are you keeping score?”

Bunch: As in “Thanks a bunch.” and “Pick of the bunch.” (In case you missed it, the pun here is on fruit that grow in “bunches” like grapes and bananas)

Passion: As in “You have such a passion for life.” and “I’m really passionate about what I do.” (A play on “passion fruit”)

Punch: As in “He punched that guy’s lights out.” and “That packed a punch.” (A play on “fruit punch”)

Feel → Peel: As in “I’m not peeling well.” and “These fruit puns are making me peel unwell.” (A play on “fruit peel”, “peeling a banana”, etc.)

Peel: This word is sometimes used in ways which don’t refer to removing an outer covering: “The aeroplane peeled off from the rest of the formation and did a trick.” In general “peel off/out” means to move away quickly (especially with screeching tires, if it refers to a car).

Appealing → Appeeling: “He’s so appeeling!” and “The court allowed one final appeel.” and “You need to appeel to their sense of honour.”

Appalling → Appleling: “This is an apple pun and it is appleling“

Naval → Navel: As in “The navel base is situated on this small island.” (A navel is a type of orange)

Blend: As in “That building doesn’t blend with its surroundings.”

Smooth(ly) → Smoothie: As in “That went down fairly smoothie.” and “Smoothie sailing.”

Mandarin: As in “I’m learning to speak mandarin.” (Playing on the mandarin/mandarine fruit)

Man, go → Mango: As in “Hey mango pick on someone else.”

Ugly→ Ugli: As in “Ugli duckling.” and “This person has an ugli heart.” (Ugli a orange/grapefruit/tangarine hybrid)

Ripe: As in “Ripe old age.” and “Ripe for the picking.”

Gripe→ Grape: As in “I have several grapes about what you’ve just said.”

Punnet: A punnet is a small basket/container for fruits and vegetables. This is a sort of “meta” fruit pun.

Got a fruit pun that we don’t? Please post it in the comments below! 🙂

Fruit-Related Phrases

Common phrases, idioms and cliches which are related to fruit can be used for some subtle and witty word play. Here is a list of the fruit themed phrases that we’ve found so far:

apple of my eye

if life gives you lemons, make lemonade

comparing apples to oranges

slice the melon

upset the apple-cart

brown as a berry

the big apple

blow a raspberry

bottomless pit

it’s the pits

heard it through the grapevine

hog the limelight

he’s a bubble shy of plumb

go bananas

get the pip

how do you like them apples?

an apple a day keeps the doctor away

a rotten apple spoils the barrel

it’s all cut and dried

keep your eyes peeled

live to a ripe old age

make like a banana and split

pop one’s cherry

lose your cherry

sour grapes

an apple never falls far from the tree

the best thing since little apples

the time is ripe

two grapes short of a fruit salad

a double date

a blind date

cheap date

date with destiny

dinner date

a partridge in a pear tree

adam’s apple

agent orange

apple of discord

apple polish

as american as an apple pie

as nutty as fruit cake

bad apple

banana republic

be fruitful and multiply

bear fruit

blow a raspberry

bring up to date

cherry pick

cherry on top of the cake

cherry top

don’t give a fig

easy peasy lemon squeezy

forbidden fruit

fruits of your labour

fruits of your loins

it’s all gone pear shaped

in the grip of the grape

juice of the grape

low hanging fruit

out of date

peel me a grape

play gooseberry

seed capital

seed money

the milk in the coconut

the tree is known by its fruit

top banana

up to date

plum out of luck

Fruit-Related Words

There are many more puns to be made than could be documented in this Punpedia entry, and so we’ve compiled a list of fruit-related concepts for you to use when creating your own puns. If you come up with a new pun, please share it in the comments!

Fruit Jokes

If you’re looking for some very corny fruit jokes, you’ve come to the right place. All of these one-liner-style fruit jokes use puns in their punchline. Some are phonetic puns, others are based on a slang phrase or cliche related to fruit.

How do you make a strawberry shake? – Put it in the freezer!

What is a vampire’s favourite fruit? – A neck-tarine!

What school subject is the fruitiest? – History, because it’s full of old dates!

What fruit teases you a lot? – A Ba na..na..na-na..na!

What kind of apple has a short temper? – A crab apple.

What happens to grapes when you step on them? – They wine!

Why did the banana go to the doctor? – Because it wasn’t peeling well!

What did the apple skin say to the apple? – I’ve got you covered.

Why did the Tomato go out with a prune? – Because he couldn’t find a date!

Why did the woman get fired from the orange juice factory? – She couldn’t concentrate!

Why did the man get thrown out of the banana factory? – Because he kept throwing the bent ones out!

Where do baby fruits sleep? – In apricots.

What is a navy officer’s favourite fruit? – Naval oranges!

What do you call two banana peels? – A pair of slippers

Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road? – She ran out of juice!

Why were the apples and oranges alone? – The banana split!

Fruit Pun Images

Below is a collection of fruit-related visual puns and meme-type images. If you’ve created your own visual fruit puns or found one that we’ve missed, please post us a link in the comments section 🙂

Did this Punpedia entry help you?

Did you find the fruit-related pun that you were looking for? If so, great! Otherwise, please let us know what you were looking for in the comments, below! Are you looking for puns for text messages, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, or some other social media platform? Would you like to see more funny fruit pun images? Or perhaps you just want more fruit puns for your photo captions? Whatever the case, please let us know, and help us improve this Punpedia entry. If you’re got any fruit puns (image or text) that aren’t included in this article, please submit them in the comments and one of our curators will add it as soon as possible. Thanks for visiting Punpedia 🙂